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2011 Discover Orange Bowl
(4) Stanford @ (12) Virginia Tech
Monday, January 3, 2011, 8:00 p.m. ET
Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL
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Few BCS bowls are as storied as the Orange Bowl – now known as the Discover Orange Bowl. It’s been played annually since January 1935. It’s tied with the Sugar Bowl and the Sun Bowl as the second-oldest bowl game in the country. In 1964, it became the first college bowl televised in prime time.
The Orange Bowl pits the ACC champion against an at-large selection (unless the ACC champ is in the national title game). This year, ACC champ Virginia Tech will host Stanford.
With 18 and 17 appearances, respectively, Oklahoma and Nebraska have by far the most appearances in the Orange Bowl. No other team has more than nine appearances. The Miami Hurricanes have represented the ACC on their home turf nine times, going 6-3.
Current NFLers with Orange Bowl MVP honors to their names include Carson Palmer (2003), Matt Leinart (2005), Brian Brohm (2007) and Aqib Talib (2008). [soliloquy id=”82219″]
ACC teams have struggled representing their conference in recent Orange Bowls. The at-large team has beaten the ACC team four of the last five years.
RECENT RESULTS
2006: Penn State 26, Florida State 23 (3OT)
Florida State lost a triple-overtime heartbreaker to Penn State, largely because of kicking woes. Seminoles kicker Gary Cismesia missed a 44-yard attempt wide right in the first overtime and his 38-yard attempt in the third overtime bounced off the right upright. Penn State’s Kevin Kelly clinched the game with a 29-yard chip shot.
2007: Louisville 24, Wake Forest 13
2007 marked another choke job by the ACC. Wake Forest led 13-10 early in the fourth quarter but Brian Brohm took Louisville down the field for 81 and 71-yard scoring drives in the final frame. Anthony Allen and Brock Bolen finished the drives with touchdown runs.
2008: Kansas 24, Virginia Tech 21
2008 wasn’t an Orange Bowl to remember for Tyrod Taylor; he was sacked on his first two plays and threw a pick-six to Aqib Talib. Kansas’ defense prevailed in this one.
2009: Virginia Tech 20, Cincinnati 7
Taylor still didn’t bring his A-game to his second Orange Bowl, going 13 of 22 for 140 passing yards and an interception, but the Hokies looked much more like the team we’ll see in this year’s Orange Bowl by this point. They totalled 258 rushing yards, including 158 for Darren Evans and 45 for Taylor. Those two should be prominently featured in the running game this year along with Ryan Williams.
2010: Iowa 24, Georgia Tech 14
With a kick-off temperature of 49 degrees, last year’s Orange Bowl was the coldest in Miami’s history. Maybe that’s what threw Georgia Tech off its game? The Yellow Jackets’ usually dominant triple-option rushing attack couldn’t do a thing against Iowa’s defense. Josh Nesbitt totalled just 26 yards on 20 carries and completed 2 of 9 passes for 12 yards and a pick.
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The ACC rep has been surprisingly crappy in recent Orange Bowls. Tyrod Taylor is athletic but he’s never really reached the Mike Vick-level of big performance in the bowl season. The way it’s been lately though you can basically assume Virginia Tech is going to be in the game; even when it looks like they’re totally out of it (ie. starting this season 0-2) the Hokies find a way to claw back.
Shout out to coach Frank Beamer on that one… such a consistently successful – if unspectacular – guy.
Up thru the 2008 Kansas game, Coach Beamer’s philosophy for the bowl games was laid back, let the guys have fun in the sun and sand and then play ball. As a result, the Hokies played mostly less-than-inspirational football. So, in 2008, Vince Hall got hurt on a jet-ski and they lost again. The fact that it was close anyway just showed that the talent was there good enuff to win. Ever since, they now go to work during the off month and then show up. Hopefully, they will compete this year and pull off a win. Go Hokies!